Impact of modern agricultural practices on soil quality of agricultural lands around Ranga Reddy district of Telangana

The experiment was conducted during Rabi season 2020-2021 at Laboratory conditions of Green Fields Institute of Agriculture Research & Training, Mangalpally, to study the Impact of Modern Agricultural Practices on Soil Quality of Agricultural Lands around Rangareddy District of Telangana. As soil is the major source and important component for the production of crop in the field of agriculture. The leading productions by the field crops are due to the physical, chemical property which directly influences the soil productivity and crop productivity. The nature of the soil mainly depends upon the different parameters such as pH, Conductivity, Salinity, Alkalinity, Bulk density, hydrated density, Moisture content etc. The heavy usage of inorganic chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides in a part of crop production and crop protection, directly showing impact on physico-chemical parameters of soil. Taking this factor into consideration the present investigation carried by collecting various soil samples from agricultural fields located in and around rangareddy district of telangana state, to understand the soil chemistry at different sampling zones. The collected soil samples were analyzed for various physical and chemical parameters according to standard methods available from literature. The obtained results were compared with soil quality parameters given by WHO for agriculture and concluded that most of the sampling points shown significant changes in their physical and chemical compositions. The obtained results also concluding that the soil quality was degraded because of heavy loads of chemicals and fertilizers.